[Indic-computing-users] RE: [Bengalinux-core] Gnome glossary translation started

[Sayamindu D. <unm...@So...>]

On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 23:01, Ahmed, Taneem wrote:
> Hi Sayamindu,
> 
> Sorry to email again, but something just hit me. As I mentioned in my last
> email that we may want to send out the list of words to people, I was trying
> to figure out who would be our target audience. Then I realized that the
> response will be quite different between Indian Bengali and Bangladeshi
> Bengali people. Do you think it would make more sense to do the translation
> under bn_IN and bn_BD like en_GB and en_US? 
> 

hmmm.... important observation - cc-ing to all
but, going by that argument, we would have to do not only bn_IN and
bn_BD, but also, bn_CHT (chattagram - my ancestors are from that
region), bn_MD (midnapore), bn_NB (north bengal) and what not.
I believe that Dhaka University still recognises the Bengali grammar and
dialect proposed by Calcutta University (though this is highly unfair -
sort of cultural and linguistic dadagiri) 
So, let us go together now - once a bit matured, we can branch out to
handle the dialectical differences

-iti-
sdg



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Sayamindu Dasgupta
http://www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/
	
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